Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

At 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, most of the students of Yuanyue College are already preparing for class in the afternoon classroom, and the first-year students are even more nervously preparing. They will leave for Yuanyue Hotel this Sunday...

As for the second and third year students, although they may not be so nervous, the high elimination rate is still there!

Although the course time has been shortened from five days to three and a half days since the second grade, and the time for independent research has increased, but except for Shijie, it is only Wednesday, and everyone should be in class.

As for the ten outstanding courses, it is completely free. You can go to any grade, any classroom to attend, you can also go to the library or cooking room to study by yourself, or join a research club to study a certain topic with Yuanyue's cooking professors. subject...

"It's so peaceful!" Liu Maoxing lay on the roof of the teaching building, basking in the sun with his eyes closed.

"Aren't you too lazy? Could you ask the first classmate to consider taking the lead?" Erina's voice came from the direction above Liu Maoxing's head.

"Ahem, I'm just using my nap time to think about recipes! The students in the first seat didn't forget to think about recipes when they were taking a nap... Tsk tsk, what a touching chicken soup! Should I ask again: See you guys?" Have you ever passed the sun at one o'clock in the afternoon of Yuanyue? Do you know the feeling of being showered by the sun at one o'clock in the afternoon of Yuanyue?"

"I think everyone has seen the former, but the latter...is not evidence of hard work at all!" Erina complained expressionlessly.

"But I'm not lazy. I've been trying to make pasta and innovate pasta recipes since the morning. I was really thinking about recipes just now..."

"Oh? What recipe?"

"A recipe called 'Life'!"

"..."

Of course, there is at least one thing that Liu Maoxing did not lie, that is, he has indeed been researching pastry recipes since the morning!

Recently, there are no cooking duels or food halberds waiting for him. The reason why Liu Maoxing studied the recipes of "noodles" is because half a month later, Yuanyue will have the first cooking level appraisal session. Liu Maoxing signed up Three items of "Chinese pastry", "Western pastry" and "Southeast Asian pastry" have been passed, and all of them are three-star assessments!

Although in the last two items, Liu Maoxing is still "no star", but already has the qualification of "two-star chef", so he can directly apply for the three-star qualification review of any cuisine...

In addition, Liu Maoxing is also for the growth of his cooking skills.

With the help of the "Sun Kitchen Heart" before, Liu Maoxing has been able to cook dishes that are infinitely close to Lin level and have the ability to dispel all the negative effects of other kitchen hearts.

But for some reason, Liu Maoxing always has the feeling that he is directly with the real Lin-level chef, and he is still one step away from the last step!

Speaking of which, it was only a few days ago that Liu Maoxing and Erinabi had tried "comic meat"...

At that time, after Liu Maoxing went to tell Erina that he had won five times...

Linger suddenly opened her mouth and said to Liu Maoxing: "Boy, your cooking skills have reached a bottleneck. If you want to break through, you must think about the breakthrough point."

"Breakthrough point?" Liu Maoxing asked doubtfully.

Liu Maoxing who answered was not Ling'er, but Erina who took a step ahead, looked at Liu Maoxing with slightly angry eyes and said, "Don't talk to my chest! It's like a pervert!"

"Ahem, okay, I'll try my best to overcome it, I'm getting used to it..." Liu Maoxing was also a little embarrassed.

Linger exists in Erina's "heart", and Liu Maoxing can "see" her existence because she has both "super vision" and "super hearing".

But in fact, it is not that Linger is imaged on Liu Maoxing's retina, and there is no actual spatial relationship between Linger and Erina, which is different from the highest-level kitchen heart that exists independently and behind the host, to some extent Generally speaking, Liu Maoxing thinks that wherever Linger is, he will "see" her there.

Of course, because it has to be connected to Erina, in a certain part of her...

When it comes to "cooking heart", it is natural to think that it is in the "heart", and according to physiological common sense, Liu Maoxing will instinctively look at Erina's left chest every time...

"Hey..." Ling'er also sighed at this time, as if lamenting for someone's IQ.

At the same time, in Liu Maoxing's "angle of view", Ling'er moved from Erina's left chest to Erina's shoulder!

Sitting there like an elf.

However, Liu Maoxing couldn't help but said in shock: "Ah! You, you, you..."

"Don't be so surprised, I'm not a %\u0026amp;amp;￥@ level kitchen heart, I just used some mental inducements so that you can see me in a specific position. After all, the shoulders and **** are actually different for me. There is no difference." Ling'er said expressionlessly.

Indeed, Linger's current state is different from that of the third-stage kitchen heart. Others, even cooks who also have the third-stage kitchen heart, still cannot see her existence, and it is not because she has left Erina body, but still "attached" to her shoulders.

It just used some kind of psychological suggestion to make Liu Maoxing feel that "she should be here"!

Before he had time to complain about Linger's last sentence, Liu Maoxing immediately repeated: "What'%\u0026amp;amp;￥@level'?"

This language that Liu Maoxing couldn’t understand at all, the tongue, throat, and chest resonant way of pronunciation, was different from any language he had ever heard. If Liu Maoxing’s language talent had not become different from ordinary people after traveling, I’m afraid it would be repeated This four-syllable word is hard!

"You can just understand it as 'dragon level'." Ling'er looked very coping.

"..." Liu Maoxing has also guessed that the "%\u0026amp;amp;￥@ level" or "dragon level" that Linger mentioned should be the "third-stage chef's heart" that Cheng Yilang said before. .

Linger's so-called "Dragon Class" should have substituted the Heart of Cooking into the classification of "Tiger", "Lin", and "Dragon".

Before Cheng Yilang, he did not mention the classification name of "Chef's Heart", and as far as Liu Maoxing knew, there was no such proper name...

After all, almost all chefs who have reached the third stage of chef heart are dragon chefs, and the number of times that two dragon chefs appeared at the same time in history is probably less than the number of times that all cuisines in the world are in the gap period without any dragon chef !

It was originally a rather niche thing, and of course there was no need to name it...

Just like a chef, it is fine to be called "Tiger", "Lin" or "Dragon".

Therefore, Liu Maoxing couldn't help but become more suspicious of Ling'er's identity. The "%\u0026amp;amp;￥@ level" she mentioned just now is definitely a name for the level of "Culinary Heart".

What language is that? Ling'er... where did she come from? Why did she become Erina's favorite chef?

Now it is completely impossible to use "Erina's other personality" to explain Ling'er's existence!

Obviously this is another "person", right? He can still speak a "foreign language"...

However, Ling'er did not give Liu Maoxing too much time to question, but continued to speak to him: "If you want to go further, you must find your own breakthrough point."

"breaking point?"

"That's right, you can also understand it as the 'divine marrow'."

"Essence? I already have the essence, and I have all three basic essences!" Liu Maoxing immediately argued.

"No, I'm not talking about the basic essence, but to reach the Lin level, you must have a complete essence." Ling'er said.

Liu Maoxing couldn't help but frowned when he heard the words, and at the same time said suspiciously: "I don't doubt your professionalism, but... I once heard that a person who has reached the 'Lin level', and in the 'Lin level', A cook who has already reached a very high level has said that the threshold of the "Lin level" is the three basic essences, and as for the complete "spiritual essence", it is the foundation of Chef Long..."

That's right, that's what Liu Lousan taught him before!

"Hmph! That's because you have a problem with the grading of 'cooking skills'. The grading is completely based on the effect of the finished product. In fact, it can't fully explain the cooking skills of the cook!"

"Huh?" Liu Maoxing was a little confused. The cooks were not graded according to the effect of the finished product, so how should they be divided?

"Because you have completely mixed the two systems... and one of the systems is still very incomplete." Ling'er said.

"What's the meaning?"

In fact, Liu Maoxing had vaguely guessed what Linger was talking about, and he also had this feeling before.

That is the influence of culinary skills, food sense, and culinary heart on cooking... The former two can actually be regarded as a kind of ability, both of which are the processing of ingredients, while the latter culinary heart is completely on the spiritual level exists!

However, there is also a connection between the three, that is, the "sense of food" is also called "the prototype of the heart of cooking", and usually only cooks who have a sense of food can have the "heart of cooking"!

Even if there is a very small probability, such as Tian Suohui's situation, if you have a "cooking heart" in advance, you can't use it normally before you don't have the taste of food...

At this time, Linger also said as Liu Maoxing thought: "Cooking can also be said to be the process of processing ingredients, and this process is divided into two aspects, namely 'material' and 'spirit'. Normally these two should be Each has its own independent grading, and you are grading completely according to the results of the finished product, that is, mixing these two systems together! And for spiritual cuisine, what you have inherited is only the superficial!"

"Is there any problem?" Liu Maoxing felt that it is actually more "scientific and practical" to evaluate the strength of a cook by combining the two!

"It doesn't matter how you rate it, but the result of mixing the two together is that the cook will be more confused about his own path. For example, you are also struggling now, how should you improve yourself?" Linger said.

Liu Maoxing was silent when he heard the words.

"If you follow your grading method, your Sun Fried Rice has already reached the 'Lin Level'... But in fact, let's put aside the 'Sun Kitchen Heart' and 'Yuan Cuisine', your current cooking skills should now be in the 'Tiger Level' Level' impact on the threshold of 'Lin Level'!

And at this time, you already need a complete spirit. To be honest, your situation is actually very special. To some extent, your cooking skills are infinitely close to Lin level. If you are a normal cook, you should have It’s close to having a complete cooking heart, or even already possessing it..."

"Okay, there's no need to talk about this topic anymore, I feel like this is the second time I've heard it!" Liu Maoxing said helplessly.

That's what Liu Lousan said last time when he was instructing him on the three basic spirits!

Suddenly Liu Maoxing reacted: "Wait! If that's the case, can't we just 'borrow fire'?"

"You think beautifully!"

"You think beautifully!"

Liu Maoxing was attacked by Ling'er and Erina...

"Huh?" Liu Maoxing couldn't help but looked at Erina suspiciously, only to see that she turned her head away with a blushing face.

But Liu Maoxing immediately thought that maybe Erina was shy because he had to "borrow" from Linger when he "borrowed fire" from Linger?

But I don't know that Erina has already guessed Linger's "borrowing fire" method, so the phrase "you think beautifully" has double meanings!

As for why Ling'er said this, it was because she explained it: "No, the complete essence is different from the three basic essences. You are still one step away from 'borrowing fire'. You must grasp it yourself. When the time is right, I will Tell you!"

"What about 'Yuan Cuisine'? Does it also belong to the 'Culinary Heart' category?" Liu Maoxing asked again.

Although he already has the heart of "Sun" cooking, Liu Maoxing has not changed his mentality of wanting to follow the path of "Yuan Cuisine".

This time Ling'er also showed a rare look of "thinking and pondering", and then said: "It is indeed spiritual cuisine, but... from the system, it should be closer to material cuisine! Let's talk about it after the art has been promoted to the 'Lin level'!"

"Wait... You said that there is a problem with the current grading method, so could it be said that 'Chef Dragon' is not actually the pinnacle of cooks?"

"No, the 'Dragon Chef' you are talking about is not only the peak, but also the real peak that can only be reached after the two systems have reached the peak! If one of the two systems reaches the peak, according to your classification, it is only Chef Lin, so That's why... ahem, it's nothing, you should do your own thing first!"

After Ling'er finished speaking, she entered the state of "prayer" again, and no matter how much Liu Maoxing greeted her, she would not respond.

"Would you like me to talk to her through the 'special channel' and 'go in'?" Liu Maoxing asked Erina.

Also only got a big white eye...

However, it is precisely because of Linger's "points up" this time that Liu Maoxing began to focus on "pastry-like" cooking, which is the so-called breaking through a "point".

In the past few days, Liu Maoxing also recalled Linger's words, and had a new doubt!

That's what Liu Maoyuan said, in terms of the "spiritual cooking" system, what the current cooks "inherit" is "very incomplete" and "only superficial"...

What Liu Maoxing was thinking at the time was that compared with the Chinese cuisine more than a hundred years ago, most modern cooks are not as good as cooks of the same level at that time in terms of "culinary heart".

But in the past few days, the more Liu Maoxing thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong!

They also specifically asked Liu Maoyuan, and came to a conclusion, that is, including the Liu family, the degree of integrity of the "inheritance" in many cooking families is definitely not inferior to that of more than a hundred years ago, and there is nothing missing.

In other words, the "inheritance" mentioned by Ling'er should not refer to the inheritance before and after the "Great Fusion of World Cuisines"!

Moreover, Liu Maoyuan also said that, including the collection of the Liu family, all the records about "Chef's Heart" are indeed not systematic, but it is not because of the loss or interruption of inheritance, but from the very beginning, "Chef's Heart" has always been In the groping phase...

More than a hundred years ago, before the era of "world fusion of cuisines" began, it should be the pinnacle of the development of "spiritual cuisine" in the culinary world!

What does Linger mean by "inheritance"? Why did Ling'er say it as if "spiritual cooking" was already a complete system? Obviously, according to the records in the Liu family's collection, "Culinary Heart" is at its peak. There is no system yet...

As for these doubts, Ling'er has already refused to answer, and just like the beginning, no matter what Liu Maoxing asked, she pretended not to hear, always looking up at the "sky" at a forty-five-degree angle, praying for something, like a sculpture .